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Monsters! Aliens! Romance! The Creator Edition of Monster Island celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the pulp-adventure classic written and illustrated by Batman artist Graham Nolan.

Monster Island is an over-sized graphic novel in the tradition of giant monster movies combined with classic adventure strips. When two Navy flyers crash land on a mysterious island, they discover it’s an alien zoo filled with dangerous creatures from all over the universe, and must escape before the island departs to another point in the galaxy, exiling them from earth forever.

Lovingly reproduced from the original art boards, this oversized edition includes the entire original story of stalwart heroes discovering an island overrun by monsters. There’s also a wealth of extras, including new pin-ups by artists Lee Weeks, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Butch Guice, Kelley Jones, Bart Sears, Pat Olliffe, and Mark A. Nelson, plus a brand-new short story paving the way for the full-color sequel, Return to Monster Island (coming soon)!

Graham Nolan

Graham Nolan is an Inkpot Award-winning cartoonist best known for his long run on Batman in Detective Comics, and as the co-creator of the iconic Batman villain Bane. Nolan has worked in comics for all the major publishers as a penciler, inker, and writer, as well as illustrated the syndicated newspaper strips The Phantom, and Rex Morgan, M.D. for King Features Syndicate. He is also the creator of the graphic novel Monster Island, the webcomic Sunshine State, and co-creator of the IDW horror-adventure series Joe Frankenstein.

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Artist Graham Nolan defined an entire era of Batman comics, including co-creating the villain Bane. Now Graham delves into his files to present a hardcover collection of classic images, private commissions, and personal work, much of it never published before. BLACK BOOK: THE ART OF GRAHAM NOLAN is more than 100 pages of artwork and commentary from a classic comic artist, the next volume in the Ominous Press Black Book Series.

Famed for his long and storied Batman run, as well co-creating the villain Bane, Graham Nolan’s career has spanned decades and a wide array of genres and characters. For the first time, a comprehensive collection of Graham’s artwork is being offered in BLACK BOOK: THE ART OF GRAHAM NOLAN. Covering the breadth of Graham’s art, from Marvel and DC Comics, comic strips like Sunshine State and Rex Morgan, M.D., private commissions, and personal work, the hardcover volume contains more than 100 pages of artwork and commentary. This is the fourth volume in the Ominous Press Black Book Series.

Graham Noland’s Monster Island

Monsters! Aliens! Romance! The Creator Edition of Monster Island celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the pulp-adventure classic written and illustrated by Batman artist Graham Nolan. Monster Island is a graphic novel in the tradition of giant monster movies and classic adventure strips. When two Navy flyers crash on a mysterious island, they discover it’s an alien zoo! Reproduced from the original art, this oversized edition includes pin-ups by artists including Lee Weeks, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Butch Guice, Kelley Jones, and Bart Sears, plus a new short story paving the way for the sequel, Return to Monster Island.